The Qing Dynasty in front of the palace whip rules known as the "whip", woven with yellow silk, the tip of the whip coated with wax, playing on the ground is very loud, the purpose is to warn the courtiers: His Majesty is about to arrive, an important ceremony is about to begin, we must immediately quiet, so also known as the "whip" or "static whip".
The "Jing Whip" or "Quiet Whip".
"Ming Dynasty History", large-scale audience whip to have four people, left and right standing northward, these four people may be together to raise their hands, the whip will not be too long, too long their voices can not be thrown together.
The Qing Dynasty from the Kangxi eight years later, there are two whips in each meeting, one is the emperor from the Hall of Peace out to reach the Hall of Taiji, three net whip; two is the end of the ceremony, driving back to the Palace, ringing the three net whips, the group of ministers to retreat, the three net whips operated by a person must ensure that the sound of the height. So the same order of the Ming and Qing whips, more systematic and standardized than the previous generation.
Expanded:
Song Huizong years of "Tokyo Dreaming Records" began to have a clear record, the emperor traveled, driving close to, will be arranged across the door more than ten people together with the whip, this statement coincides with the "Song History" records "the temple before the commanding officer to make the door of the line of twenty-two people, twelve people, whip, filial piety Zong increased to one fourteen people!
"Tokyo Dreaming Records" in more than ten people is probably twelve people, hitting unevenly there will be a lot of noise, ten or so people at the same time whip and is a horizontal queue, the whip can not be too long, even if this scale, Song Xiaozong is not satisfied with the increase of fourteen people, more than the ancestor of the two whip. In addition, the Song dynasty emperor ascending and descending also need to sound the whip, but the specific norms do not seem to see. The Jin Shi also records that the emperor in the temple when the whip, after the end of the temple also whip.
Yuan Dynasty, the whip has been a more accurate record, the regulations, the emperor out of the pavilion to raise the carriage, whip three, rise the imperial seat, whip three. Appearance, it has a green handle, whip to plum red silk for the tip with yellow velvet and impregnated with wax but there is no length of the regulations.
Baidu Encyclopedia - Sounding the Whip